Passenger-ship construction



May 24 1927.

- 1,629,589 G. G. SHARP PASSENGER SHiP cousmucrlou Filed April 15 1925 Z'Sheets-Sheet l v ATTORNEY May 24, 1927. 1,623,589

G. G. SHARP PASSENGER SHIP CONSTRUCTION Filed April 1 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR ATORNEY Patented May 24,

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE G; SHARP, OF WYOMING, NEW JERSEY.

PASSENGER-SHIP CONSTRUCTION.

A'pplication filed April 15, 1925. Serial No. 23,225.

The subject of this invention is set forth in the title and consists specificallyin certain improved changes and modifications in the construction of passenger carrying boats and I refer particularly to ocean going, coastwise, inland bay, sound and river pas' senger vessels of the type now WBll-liHOWl'l and so classified and my inventionconsists specifically in means for increasing the revenue from a boat of given size, bya re-arrangement of staterooms. which provides a greater numberof desirable staterooms.v

The first object of my invention, then, is to increase the number of outside staterooms in a boat of given length and beam..

Another object of my invention isto increase the number of staterooms upon certain-types of boats and while I am aware that there are certain types of boats upon which the number of staterooms cannot be increased, by adoption of my system, there are many types of boats wherein, with proper changes of design and or the re-location of certain necessary service passages, in accordance with my system, the number of staterooms maybe materially increased.

A further object of my invention is to pro vidc necessary service and comn'iunicating passages and to limit the number of such passages and to concentrate service to the passages required, in other words, to utilize much of the space now given to unnecessary passages for revenue earning space,

to pro ide the minimum number of passages of such widths as shall be required for safety and comfort, as all space given to passages, greater than that actually required. is obviously lost space and as it is recognized as desirable that such passages be centrally disposed. it has not, in the past, been found possible to so arrange such passages in many well-known types of vessels, without making them of very great width. The re-distribution of staterooms, accord ing to my invention, makes center passages practicable and economically desirable, al.- though it will be understood that my invention may be operable with passages differently arranged.

Another object of my invention is to are range the staterooms in groups, each provided with its own private Veranda or deck space, ventilated and lighted from the ships side and from above by a suitable ventilator or well entering the veranda at or about the innermost end thereof.

'Another object of my invention is then, to provide positive means for ventilatingthe isolated verand'asv and the. room's leading therefrom. If, in stormy weather, it is ever found desirable, to close the ports or openings leading outward from the 'verandas,

and especially those on the. lower decks it will never be found necessary to close the inboard ventilating shafts, which lead from deck to deck and through the too deck. Each shaftmay be covered with a glass top or skylight having suitable hinged or slid ing windows, in addition to the fixed ventilator, one of which may beopen, if desired, at all times; thus air and light are assured to e-ach veranda and the roomsassociated therewith, inall conditions of weather.

These, together with the advantage of greater toilet conveniences and more conveniently arranged lounging rooms and smoking rooms add greatly to the comfort and convenience of the passengers and in my arrangement, I have also. found more efiicient means for utilizing space for service purposes, for stair casings, for stack and ventilator casings and for other necessary shafts, passages or compartments, without allowing them to encroach upon the space or deck area from which revenue can be ob tained and it'will be noted that all of this is accomplished without reducing the area of the staterooms or the space given to community rooms. I

The following is what I consider a good means of carrying out my invention and the accompanying drawing should be referred to for a complete understanding of the specification which follows:

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a longitudinal plan view of the deck of a ship.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of another deck.

Figs. 3 4 and 5are on an enlarged scale and are views of single units.

Fig. 3 shows each room provided with a bay.

Fig. 1 shows each room with straight sided walls.

Fig. 5 shows a bank of staterooms and associated service rooms, as I may prefer to arrange them.

Figs. 6 and '7 are projected views, (3 being in elevation and Fig. 7 a plan view.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

As it is my desire to show complete deck plans and as the space allowed for the execution of a Patent Ofiice drawing is limited, I have necessarily USQQ an extremely small scale in the drawing here presented, with the result that certain portions of my drawing may appear somewhat distorted. I have, however. attempted to adhere to a scale of one fiftieth 01 an inch to one foot and I call attention to the scale of this drawing, so that portions that appear congested, will, upon second thought, or upon scaling the drawing, be discovered o't ample proportions In Fig. 1 of the drawing, I show the deck of a ship with what I believe to be a maximum number of desirable outside staterooms thereon. This and the remaining figures of the drawing are, to a great extent, in conventional diagram, familiar to naval architects and marine engineers.

The hull of the vessel or the outline of the ship is indicated by the boundary line 1, which in its entirety completes a. hull outline and I call attention to the fact that in length and in beam, my boat corresponds with the usual proportions of the type of vessel illustrated.

Commencing at the bow, the separate compartments will be described and referred to by suitable reference characters The compartments 2, 3, 4t, 5, 6 and 7 may be considered parlors or may be employed as writing rooms or tor any other general service. The compartment 8 is a lounge or weather observation compartment and within this compartment is av well 9, which may extend from deck to deck, and communicating with this compartment are stair casings 10.

The first staterooms or sleeping rooms from the how are shown at 12, 13, 14; and 15. The rooms 12 and 14: are of conventional design and size, but I call attention to the rooms 13 and 15 and particularly to the aft enclosing wall thereof, which is arranged at an angle. The port wall of the stateroom 13 extends aft beyond the aft wall of the stateroom 12 and it is in this projection 16 that I arrange a door or a window and I call particular attention to the fact that this door or window leads directly toward the side of the ship.

Continuing toward the aft of the ship, it will be noted that the staterooms are arranged in groups, the rooms 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22 forming a group having a. common dividing wall and I call particular at-. tention to the fact that the opposite outside walls are arranged at an angle, that is, the wall of the stateroom 20 slants backward as shown at 2 1 and the wall of the stateroom 19 slants forward as shown at 25.

Between the rooms 17, 19, 21 and the rooms 18, 20 and 22 is a space 26 wherein I may arrange private toilets or baths.

The common communicating or service passage, serving all of the rooms uponthis deck, extends through the center of the ship as shown at 2". and leading from this common service passage 27, are short passages 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 3S and 34, each serving as a means of approach to the staterooms of certain groups.

Arranging the staterooms in groups as shown. makes it possible for me to provide a liberal deck space between the staterooms of one group and the next successive group.

Such a deck space is snown at, 35and I refer to this deck space as a veranda, as it may be used by the passengers whose rooms abut this space, for loiiinging, for steamer chairs or for other purposes. I therefore encourage a division of passenge s, much to their convenience and by so doing, overcon'ie the objectionable crowding of common lounging rooms or deck spaces.

May I call pfil'tiCUlHlly attention to the position and arrangement of staterooms such as those shown at 36 and 37, which although almost amidships in location, yet have direct communication with both light and air from the ships side.

The stack, ventilator and other casings are arranged as shown at 38, 39. 4-0 and 4:1 and I also find room onthis deck for toilet space, which. may be such compartments as those shown a 12 and t I provide tour stair casings; the forward stair casing 10, previi'iusly reterred'to: the stair casing an'iidships as shownat lit; the aft stair casing 15 and the main stair casing 11, which is arranged inthe well 16 and leads to the deck next above.

Referring to Fig. 2. While the general deck plan is the same, I have, on this deck, provided greater space for con'nnon toilet rooms, shown at approximately amidships and at 17 and 4-8. Additional toilet space may beprovided, fore and aft. as shown at 49 and 50, with convenient stair casings fore, aft and amidships, comn'iunicating with the stair casings 10, 44 and 11.

In this figure, I have shown the arrangement of the berths and because of the scale at which this drawing is made, the berths are indicated merely as an oblong having a diagonal line therethrough, as shown at 51. Berth-s are shown in only a small proportionate number of all of the staterooms, to avoid confusion.

On this deck I have shown a common lounging room 52, which may be enclosed by bulk heads 52 nd I have found by comparison that it is not possible to provide such a common lounging room upon a boat of the same capacity and of the usual design and while aft lounging rooms are provided, such rooms do not lead to or cornmunicate with the sides of the ship.

Connected with the lounging room 52 is what I may term a smoking room 53 and at 54 I show swinging doors that may connect these two compartments.

In Figs. 1 and 2, I show the staterooms having angularly disposed walls, each room being widest at its side nearest adjacent to the side of the ship.

In Fig. 3, I show the same general arrangement, each of the rooms hmvever, being provided with bay windows, as shown at 55, projecting into or upon the common veranda 56. In this view, I also show a totally enclosed passage P, communicating with all of the rooms adjacent to it. Such a passage may be preferred and particularly on boat-s used for winter service.

In Fig. I, I show the rooms 57, with straight sides and while this arrangement is possible, it does not possess all of the advantages to be found in the design shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In Fig. 5, I show, on an enlarged scale, a grouping of rooms, very similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The arrangement shown in Fig. 5, will probably be the arrangement which I would employ on large boats or liners, for the reason that the verandas 58 and 59 are isolated to a greater extent and this arrangement makes possible the provision of local ventilating shafts 60 and 61, as well as bath rooms'62 and 63 for each group of rooms and lavatories and showers 64, 65, 66, 67, 68 and 69, thus assuring maximum comfort and privacy for the passengers of each group of rooms.

The outward projection of each room is, as shown at 70, slanted slightly inward, providing a greater angle of vision and in this portion 70, I arrange the doors 71, communicating with the staterooms. In this figure the berths are shown in the conventional manner as indicated at 72 and 73 and as the double line 74 indicates the ships side or the deck rail. portlights may be arranged therein on the lower decks or enclosing means may be provided for the verandas 58 and 59, on the upper decks.

In Figs. 6 and 7, I show a very complete exposition of my invention and in these figures I have properly located the several compartments and the ventilating means, showing them how they will appear.

In these figures I have indicated certain of the sta erooms at 75, 76, 77, 78, '79, 80, 81,

6 S2 and 93, the doors entering certain oi these ,is arranged'may be called the promenade deck and upon this deck and at '96 I will probably arrange public rooms. It will be noted that on the upper decks the space 97, above the rail 98 is an open space, but .on the lower decks, I provide port lights as shown at t tl -101, which are open only when the weather will permit. At all other times, ventilation is madepossible by the, wells 86 and the ventilating windows 98. In exceedingly stormy weather, the cowl ventilator 94, may be depended on entirely.

It will be understood that modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

Having carefully and fully described my invention, what. I claim and desire to obtain is:

1. Means for increasing the passenger car rying capacity of a ship, which consists of arranging the staterooms in groups with one bulkhead common to all the rooms of one roup and arranging the opposite bulkhead of other said rooms on an angle with a portion projecting beyond the angularly disposed bulkhead of the next adjacent room.

2. Means for increasing the number of outside staterooms in a ship, which consists.

in arranging the staterooms in groups all said staterooms having the same shape and size and providing for each stateroom an angular portion projecting beyond the next adjacent transverse stateroom.

3. Means for increasing the number of outside staterooms on a ship, which consists in arranging the staterooms in groups, providing each stateroom with a projecting portion, providing an angular side for each stateroom to expose the projection of the next successive stateroom.

4. Means for increasing the passenger carrying capacity of a boat of given size, which consists of arranging the staterooms in groups, providing a free deck space between the staterooms of each group and commnnieating with the side of the ship and continuing inward to approximately a1nidsliips,providing a projection from each stateroom into said i'rce deck space each said projection continuing beyond the next adjacent Wall. 01 the next adjacent stateroom providing 21 single service passage longitudinally through the center of the ship and transverse pas: sages connnunicating with said free deck 10 space,

Signed at the city, county, and State of flow York, this 28 day of March. 1925.

GEO. G. SHARP. 

